# List of Māori waka

This is a list of Māori waka (canoes). The information in this list represents a compilation of different oral traditions from around New Zealand. These accounts give several different uses for the waka: many carried Polynesian migrants and explorers from Hawaiki to New Zealand; others brought supplies or made return journeys to Hawaiki; Te Rīrino was said to be lost at sea.

## List of waka

| Name | Landing place | Traditional regions | Associated iwi or hapū |
| Aotea | Aotea Harbour | Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Waikato | Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Maru (Hauraki), Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) / Te Iwi o Maruwharanui, Ngāti Ruanui (Ngā Rauru Kītahi), Pakakohi, Tamahaki, Tamakana, Tangāhoe, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Te Atiawa (Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Te Atiawa Taranaki, Te Atiawa o Te Whanganui-a-Tara), Te Korowai o Wainuiārua, Uenuku |
| Aotearoa | Kāwhia | Bay of Plenty, Waikato | - |
| Arahura | South Island | South Island | Ngāi Tahu |
| Āraiteuru | Shag Point | South Island | Ngāi Tahu |
| Arautauta | Waiōtahe | Bay of Plenty | Whakatōhea, Te Ūpokorehe |
| Arawa | Tauranganui, Whangaparaoa, Maketu | Bay of Plenty, Waikato | Ngāti Kea / Ngāti Tuarā, Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiteaorere, Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Tahu – Ngāti Whaoa, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Tūrangitukua, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Whakahemo, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Whare, Tapuika, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Tūhourangi, Uenuku-Kōpako, Waitaha (Bay of Plenty) |
| Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe | Bay of Plenty | Bay of Plenty | - |
| Horouta | Wherowhero Lagoon | Gisborne | Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Porou ki Hauraki / Ngati Porou ki Harataunga ki Mataora, Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a Hauiti |
| Kahutara | New Plymouth | Taranaki | - |
| Kāraerae | North Island | South Island | - |
| Kurahaupō | Takapaukura / Tom Bowling Bay | Northland, Taranaki | Muaūpoko, Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri, Pakakohi, Rangitāne (Rangitāne o Manawatū, Rangitāne o Te Matau-a-Māui, Rangitāne o Wairau, Rangitāne o Tamaki nui a Rua), Rongomaiwahine, Tangāhoe, Taranaki, Te Kawerau ā Maki, Te Wairoa |
| Mahangaatuamatua | Tauranga | Bay of Plenty | - |
| Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi | Pārengarenga, Whangaroa, Tākou Whangaruru, Kaipara Harbour, Rangaunu Harbour | Auckland, Northland | Ngāti Wai (Ngāti Rehua, Ngāti Whātua (Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa), Te Rarawa |
| Mānuka | South Island | South Island | - |
| Māmari | Hokianga Harbour | Northland | Ngāpuhi (Ngāti Hine), Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa |
| Mātaatua | Tākou Bay | Bay of Plenty, Northland | Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Pūkenga ki Waiau, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu, Tūhoe, Ngā Pōtiki / Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore, Ngāti Whakahemo, Te Ūpokorehe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Whakatōhea |
| Matahourua | Wellington, Mana Island, Whanganui, Patea | Manawatū-Whanganui, Northland | Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi |
| Moekākara | Kawau Island, Motu Kōkako, Goat Island | Bay of Plenty, Auckland, Northland | Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Te Ata, Te Ākitai Waiohua, Te Kawerau ā Maki |
| Motumotuahi | Whanganui | Taranaki | Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Ruanui |
| Ngātokimatawhaorua | Whangapē Harbour, Hokianga Harbour | Northland | Ngāpuhi (Ngāti Hine), Te Aupōuri, Te Patukirikiri, Te Rarawa |
| Nuku-tai-memeha | Whakatāne, Whāngārā | Gisborne | Ngāti Porou |
| Nukutere | Ahuahu | Gisborne, Bay of Plenty | Ngāti Porou, Te Whakatōhea, Tūhoe, Whakatōhea |
| Ōkoki | New Plymouth | Taranaki | - |
| Ōtūrereao | Ōhiwa | Bay of Plenty | - |
| Pangatoru | Whanganui | Taranaki | Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Ruanui |
| Riukākara | Mangōnui | Northland | - |
| Ruakaramea | Herekino | Northland | Ngāpuhi (Ngāti Hine), Ngāti Wai (Ngāti Rehua) |
| Tahatuna | Mōhakatino | Taranaki | Ngāti Tama |
| Taikōria | New Plymouth | Taranaki | Ngāti Kurī |
| Tainui | Whangaparaoa, Bay of Plenty, Kāwhia | Waikato, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki | Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto, Hauraki, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Koata, Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Hikairo |
| Tākitimu | Tauranga, Whangaokeno / East Island, Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, Māhia Peninsula, Wairoa, Mōhaka River | Hawke's Bay, Bay of Plenty, South Island | Kāti Māmoe, Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāi Te Ohuake, Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Hineuru, Ngāti Kahungunu (Maungaharuru Tangitū, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamakinui a Rua, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Whanganui-a-Orotu, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāti Whitikaupeka, Te Hika o Papauma), Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Rākaipaaka, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Ruapani / Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Ngāti Tamakōpiri, Ngāti Whakahemo, Pakakohi, Rongomaiwahine, Rongowhakaata, Tangāhoe, Tapuika, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Te Wairoa, Waitaha (Te Waipounamu/South Island) |
| Tauira | Te Kaha | Bay of Plenty, Northland | Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui |
| Tāwhirirangi | Bay of Plenty | Bay of Plenty, South Island | - |
| Te Aratauwhāiti | Whakatāne | Bay of Plenty | Ngāti Ngāinui |
| Te Aratāwhao | Hawaiki (departing from Bay of Plenty) | Bay of Plenty | - |
| Te Hoiere | South Island | South Island | Ngāti Kuia |
| Te Kōhatuwhenua | Taranaki | Taranaki | Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Ruanui |
| Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga | Matatā | Bay of Plenty | Ngāti Tuwharetoa |
| Te Rangimātoru | Ōhiwa | Bay of Plenty | Tuhoe (Ngāi Tūranga), Te Hapū-oneone |
| Te Rangiuamutu / Tairea | Taranaki | Taranaki | Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Ruanui |
| Te Rīrino | Boulder Bank (departing from Mahaena) | Taranaki | - |
| Te Wakaringaringa | Taranaki | Taranaki | Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Ruanui |
| Te Wakatūwhenua | Cape Rodney | Northland | - |
| Tinana / Te Māmaru | Tauroa Point | Northland | Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu |
| Tokomaru | Tongapōrutu | Taranaki | Ngāti Maru (Hauraki), Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) / Te Iwi o Maruwharanui, Ngāti Mutunga (Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki), Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri), Ngāti Tama (Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu, Ngāti Tama ki Te Upoko o Te Ika, Ngāti Tama Kopiri, Ngāti Tama ki Taranaki, Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu), Te Atiawa (Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Te Atiawa Taranaki, Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui, Te Atiawa o Te Whanganui-a-Tara), Te Kawerau ā Maki |
| Tōtara-i-kāria | Mōtītī Island | Bay of Plenty | Ngāti Tuwharetoa |
| Tūnui-ā-rangi | Motu Kōkako | Auckland, Northland | Ngāi Tāhuhu |
| Tūwhenua | Bay of Plenty | Bay of Plenty | - |
| Uruaokapuarangi | Boulder Bank, Clutha River | South Island | Te Kāhui Waitaha, Te Kāhui Tipua, Te Kāhui Roko |
| Waipapa | Doubtless Bay | Northland | - |